Hose spanner and tongs.



' No. 663,026. Patented Dec. 4; I900.

D. HENTZ.

HOSE SPANNEB AND TONGS.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. DENNIS HENTZ, OF EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

. HOSE SPAN-NER AND TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,026, dated December 4:, 1900.

Applicationfiled September 20. 1900. serial No.30,639. (No model.)

1'0 all whom, it may conccrnr Be it known that I, DENNIS HENTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edwardsville, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Hose Spanner and Tongs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hose-spanneraand has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for joining and separating the hose-couplings and also for conveniently carrying 'a hose up a ladder and leaving both hands of the user free to grasp the ladder. It is furthermore designed to provide for conveniently separating the members of the tongs, so as to provide a pair of spanners for the opposite sections of a hosecoupling and to lock the sections when gripping a hose and used as a carrier.

With this and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accom panyin g drawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a pair of hose-tongs constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an opposite side elevation with the tongs opened. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of the inner side of that member of the tongs which carries the pivot-pin or pintle. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail View of the pivot-pin portion of said member. Fig. 6 is an edge elevation thereof. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of the outer side of the pin-receiving portion of theother member. Fig. 8 is an edge elevation thereof. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the handles of the tongs when closed. Fig. 10 is a detail transverse sectional view taken on the line 10 10 of Fig. 2. Fig. 11 is an end View of the jaw end of the tongs.

Corresponding parts are designated by like characters of reference in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the tongs comprise the opposite members 1 and 2, which are substantial duplicates in form. As best indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, each member has a straight shank portion terminating at one end in a comparatively large and laterally-disposed loop 3, forming a handle, while its opposite end is formed into a substantially semicircular jaw 4, which is located in the same plane with the loop-shaped handle. The outer end of the jaw is provided with a terminal eye or perforation 5 for the reception of one of the lugs of a hose-coupling, as will be readily understood.

The member 1 is provided with a lateral pivot-pin 6, disposed at right angles to the plane of the handle and the jaw and projecting from the inner side ofthe member. Upon the inner side of this pin and slightly inward from the outer end thereof there is provided a lateral stud or projection 7. The other member-2 is provided with an opening or perforation 8, located in the straight portion of the shank, adjacent to the inner end of the jaw, and for the reception of the pivot-pin 6,which projects at the outer side of the member 2. This opening is also provided with a lateral slot 9 to permit of the passage of the stud or projection 7 of the pivot-pin, said stud being arranged to lie adjacent to the outer side of the member 2 and out of alinement with the slot, so as to prevent lateral separation of the members. It will be observed that the slot 9 is at the lower side of the circular opening, or, in other words, extends toward the adjacent jaw, as best indicated in Figs. 1 and 7 of the drawings. By this arrangement the slot and the stud on the pi vot-pin are normally disposed at substantially right angles, so that in assembling the members they are first placed at substantially right angles in order that the stud may pass through the slot, after which the members are turned upon the common pivotal connection until the shanks come into alinement with the stud and the slot out of alinement, whereby the members are held against accidental separation, but may be conveniently separated by a proper manipulation thereof. By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the opposite jaws are deflected inwardly opposite lugs and 11, which are carried upon the inner faces of the members 1 and 2,

' respectively, located adjacent to the pivotal connection of the members, between said pivotal connection and the handles and at oppo-- site sides of the longitudinal axis of the tongs, so as to lie in'the path of the inner edge of the respective opposite members, thereby forming stops to limit the inward swing of said members.

To lock the members against accidental separation upon the pivotalconnection as a center, one of the members is provided with a beveled .rib 12, which extends longitudinally of the inner side of the shank thereof and adjacent to the handle, the other shank being provided with a corresponding groove or gutter 13 for the reception of the rib, whereby the members are held against accidental separation, but may be separated by forcing the rib out of the gutter.

'As best indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the handles are flared slightly outward in opposite directions, so that they do not lie in mutual engagement, but slightly separated, so as to facilitate the grasping of the individual handles.

In using the tongs as a hose-carrier the jaws may be applied either to a coupling or to an intermediate portion of-the hose, as may be convenient, and one arm passed through the combined loop-shaped handles of the members, thereby holding the latter against separation and leaving the hands of the userfree to aid in ascending a ladder or for any other purpose.

By means of the separable pivotal connection of the members the latter may be conveniently separated,- so as ts be applied separately to the opposite portions of a hoseconpling for the purpose of turning said portions in opposite directions either to join the coupling or separate the same.

What is claimed is 1. A pair of hose-tongs, comprising opposite substantially duplicate members,each of the latter having a straight shank, a handle at one end, and a substantially semicircular jaw at the opposite end thereof, one member having a keyhole-slot in its shank and adjacent to the jaw, and the other member having a lateral pivot-pin-located adjacent to its jaw and pivotally received within the keyholeslot of the first-mentioned member, and a lateral lug or projection on the pivot-pin and normally lying at the outer side of the member having the keyhole-slot.

,2. A pair of hose-tongs, comprising pivotally-connected members, which swing in parallel planes, and are provided with substantially semicircular jaws at corresponding ends, and loop-shaped handles at the opposite ends thereof, said handles being alined and forming a single handle in the normal position of the tongs.

3. A pair of hose-tongs, comprising opposite members having a common intermediate pivotal connection, one of the members having a groove or gutter in its inner face, and arib upon the inner face of the other member, the rib being received within the gutter in the closedposition of the tongs.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixed my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

DENNIS HENTZ.

Witnesses:

HENRY B. LITTLE, E. G. HILL. 

